Friday, 29 July 2016

Things I have learnt recently

1. That Phoebe really misses my posts, although she's not a follower (come on, Phoebe. Make me up to 128). So this is for her.

2. That marrying off my youngest son is both wonderful and emotional (I'm not his next of kin any more, although he has a wonderful new wife who has taken over the job. I'm not being a creep here as none of my family read my blog, apart from Phoebe).

3. That applying nail varnish to the eyelashes ( having confused it with eyelash stuff) is an exeptionally bad idea. Think about it.

4. That the best way to find unswept-up fragments of broken glass is to walk about with bare feet, and voila! There they all are!

5. That we need more sticking plaster ( see 4 above).

6. That I haven't got any more things done since cutting down on the blog (so what exactly HAVE I done? ).

7. That there are bee orchids on the downs where I ride. I've seen every other sort, but bee orchids only this year. They are truly beautiful.

8. That my daughter really is a domestic goddess. Sadly, she doesn't get it from me.

9. Something I haven't learned yet: what exactly do those gangly spindly spiders that live in sheds eat? We have lots (of spiders, not sheds), and they just dangle there, waiting. Come on, spiders. Even I can see there are NO FLIES. Ours is a no fly zone. What exactly are you all waiting for? Please go away ( I never kill spiders. I just Hoover up the webs. Making new ones gives them something to do).

25 comments:

1. Yes, Phoebe, come on!2. The older I get, the more emotional weddings make me (other people's, obviously - not my own!).3. Erm... ouch. I think.4. OUCH!5. Sounds sensible.6. Been at your son's wedding, for instance.7. I've never heard of them, but if you say they are beautiful, I don't doubt it.8. One domestic goddess in the family is probably enoough :-)9. Yours is probably a fly-free zone because of all the gangly spiders.

I have never used nail varnish and didn't know you could get stuff to paint eyelashes with. I once went out with a girl who had pretend eyelashes and one fell in her curry. It livened up a rather dull meal.

I'm not qualified to talk about using nail varnish on eyelashes although it does sound a singularly risky thing to attempt.

However I think that your 'spiders' are probably harvestmen (rather than spiders) and eat just about anything that is really tiny. They don't have webs. The spiders that spin the webs have probably left because there were no flies to be caught.

Oh, Frances, I did laugh at number 4. I hope no one was seriously hurt :) My daughter reads my blog and promptly calls me if I miss a post :) Have a lovely new week - minus the glass shards (been there, done that :)). Take care.

Re No 6: Blogging is a way of proving that one has actually done something with one's time. The effect of not blogging is the opposite (even if in fact the reason for blogging may have been that one was too busy!)

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About Me

I live with my husband in Devizes in Wiltshire where I spend my time writing, reading, riding (I am the lucky owner of a beautiful horse, Blue), and keeping up with my four children and an increasing number of small grandchildren (eight so far). I was for many years a nurse and a Relate counsellor. I have taught creative writing both at a local college and a prison, and I review a wide variety of items - including books - for the Amazon Vine programme.I write to death row prisoners in America, being a life-long opponent jof the death penalty. And I spend too much time blogging..